The delicate marble filigree by Bartolomeo Bon seems too lace-like to be carved of stone, and you can only imagine the impression this façade must have made covered in its original paint and gold. Along with the Porta della Carta in the Palazzo Ducale, also created by Bartolomeo Bon, this is considered the most perfect example […]
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Hotel Antigo Trovatore is in Calle della Rasse, about a hundred metres from the “San Zaccaria” public transport stop connecting the city centre to the bus station at Piazzale Roma, where airport buses pass, and with the Railway Station. Its strategic position right in the centre of the city (just a couple of minutes from Piazza San Marco […]
Hotel Rosa Salva is a hotel in Venice that has been completely renovated to guarantee its guests a great experience in Venice. All rooms overlook the typical Venetian streets. It is located just a few steps from Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge, so you can experience up close the essence of the city.The interior decoration is in […]
Where to eat in Venice is something you need to know to visit the city in the right way. Yes, because Venice is a city with a rich culinary tradition and eating Bigoi in Salsa, Sardines in Saor and all the delicacies of typical Venetian cuisine is a must for every tourist. During your visit to Venice you will also be […]
CTE has been designed to support the highest international technological standards in the fields of diagnostics and eye surgery and has equipped itself with the most qualitatively and technologically advanced tools. CTE is an ophthalmology clinic with out-of-hospital surgery facility located in Mestre Venice . In a strategic position with respect to the motorway access. It is named in homage to […]
The IRCCS San Camillo of Venice-Lido is a health facility with 109 beds (9 of which are available to patients from outside the Veneto Region), mainly dedicated to the rehabilitation of head and spinal trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, neuropathies and dementias: it carries out neurological rehabilitation activities in hospital and […]
Sweeping through the heart of Venice in a giant reverse S curve, the Grand Canal is the principal boulevard through the city, connecting Piazza San Marco, Rialto Bridge, and the arrival points of the rail station and bridge from the mainland. Only four bridges cross its 3.8-kilometer length, but stripped-down gondolas called traghetti shuttle back and forth at several points […]
Certainly Venice’s best-known church, and one of the most easily recognized in the world, St. Mark’s Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) was originally the Doge’s private chapel, decorated with Byzantine art treasures that are part of the booty brought back by Venetian ships after the fall of Constantinople. The gold-backed mosaic pictures above the doorways […]
City built on an archipelago of 118 islands in a shallow, 550 km2 lagoon, connected by 400 bridges over 177 canals. Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in […]
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is a public university in Venice, Italy; it is usually known simply as Università Ca’ Foscari. Since its foundation in 1868 it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca’ Foscari, from which it takes its name. The palace stands on the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and San Marco, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. The institute became a university in […]
Iride Bicycles Established in 1919 in northern Italy, is the brand of bicycles manufactured at the Gemmati Velocipedi factory, near the city of Venice, in the town of Cintello di Teglio Veneto. The trademark was originated by Umberto Gemmati and continues to be produced by his grandson Carlo Gemmati. In Italian, the word iride means […]